Second International Conference on Ambient Media and Systems - Ambi-Sys 2009 November 11-14, 2009 - Sarasota, Florida, USA

Call for Papers [PDF]

Ambient media and systems culminate from the emergence of mobile communication, sensor-actuator technology, virtual environments, and interactive computing. They represent the vision of an all-encompassing multimedia networking environment with human interaction at its core. Advances in computer and communication technologies have the potential to offer people an unprecedented level of convenience and flexibility for living and working. Such technologies need to be closely integrated with human interactions and activity, allowing greater support for smart solutions that improve quality of life, productivity, understanding and intelligence within their situated environment. Ambi-Sys focuses on emerging technologies, services and solutions for new, human-centric intelligent ambient environments. The conference is structured into the following areas, each of which focuses on improving the state-of-the-art for ambient media and systems:

Media and Content Provision Integration of multimedia within ambient systems Multi-media processing, distribution and integration Provision and acquisition of ambient information Privacy, trust accountability and dependability Cognition, intelligence, ambience, adaptivity, self-organization and evolution Multimedia and intelligent agents	Communications and Networking Wireless communication Ambient sensors, actuators and networking Quality of service and system performance The digital home and smart living Evolve-able and adaptive pervasive systems Scalability, integration, and ubiquity
Human Interface and Interaction Haptic immersive environments Vision and recognition Visualization and display Sensor perception technologies Context awareness System personalization System and human collaboration	Intelligence and Automation Ambient Intelligence Services, delivery, applications and smart solutions Multi-media knowledge management, acquisition and data fusion Detection and knowledge elicitation Prediction and self-learning Middleware Human-computer interaction in technology-rich environments

Paper Submission

Ambi-Sys 2009 invites original manuscripts not previously published, or currently under review, in another conference or journal. Prospective authors should submit their papers in PDF and follow the ACM conference proceedings format. Full papers are limited to 8 single-spaced two-column pages (including all figures and references) in a 10-point font. All paper submissions will be handled electronically through the ASSYST system: http://www.assyst-online.org.

Please visit the Submission page for detailed submission requirements and procedures.

Important Dates

Full Papers due: Notification of Acceptance: Camera-ready Manuscripts due: Conference Dates:

June 1, 2009 July 15, 2009 August 15, 2009 November 11-14, 2009

Workshops

Proposals for workshops and panel discussion sessions are being accepted until the June 1, 2009 deadline. Please email a detailed description of the proposed workshop or panel topic and required time length for it to Mahdi Nasereddin at mxn16@psu.edu

Proceedings and Journal Special Issue

The proceedings of the conference will be submitted to the ACM for inclusion in their digital library. Authors of select papers will be invited to extend their work for special issues of either the Inderscience journal: The International Journal of Mobile Network Design and Innovation or the IGI journal: The International Journal of Interdisciplinary Telecommunications and Networking (both edited by the General Chair of the conference).

Organization

Steering Committee
Imrich Chlamtac
CREATE-NET, Italy

General and Publicity Chairs
Michael Bartolacci
Pennsylvania State University, USA

Technical Co-Chairs
Roger Whitaker
Cardiff University, Wales, UK
Timothy Matis
Texas Tech University, USA
Svetlana Peltsverger
Southern Polytechnic State University, USA
John Wiginton
University of South Florida, USA
Qing-An Qzeng
University of Cincinnati, USA

Panel Chair
Floriano De Rango
University of Calabria, Italy

Workshop Chair
Mahdi Nasereddin
Pennsylvania State University, USA

Publication Chair
Yuefeng (Peter) Zhou
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd, UK

Local Arrangements Chair
Sunita Lodwig
University of South Florida, USA

Web Chair
Ben Falchuk
Telcordia Technologies, Inc., USA